rawer

More cold, damp

Rawer is the comparative form of raw—more uncooked, more exposed, more unprocessed.

A steak can be rawer than you'd like; a wound rawer than yesterday; emotions rawer after a sleepless night.

The footage was even rawer than the rough cut we'd seen before.

unprocessed

crude

Unpolished, raw state

unrefined · organic · pure · untreated · virgin · unadulterated · unaltered · whole · unbleached · fresher

undeveloped

unpolished

Lacking finish or refinement

undeveloped · unhewn · unshaped · cruder · unedited · unvarnished · sketchy · rougher · greener · newer

emotional

intense

Extreme in degree

  • passionateIntensely emotional or enthusiastic
  • ferventIntensely and sincerely felt
  • fieryIntensely hot or passionate

vehement · ardent · emotional · powerful · profound · deep · searing · burning · piercing · visceral

Opposites
emotional polish/restraint

rawerfaker

One who pretends

Phrases
Family

raw, rawest, rawly

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G